This is how Abramoff laundered the ILLEGAL money he gave to the GOP.

[ClassWarrior]

Not a penny of THIS money went to Dems:

In his own way, disgraced super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff engaged in many charitable endeavors over the course of his decade-long career as a Washington insider.

There was the time he laundered money through a religious group's accounts to try to bribe a congressional aide. He diverted funds from a youth athletic foundation to bankroll a golf junket for a congressman and to bolster the bank account of his Washington restaurant. He used two other nonprofits to line his own pockets with millions of dollars defrauded from clients.

Charities are supposed to advance the public interest, which is why they aren't taxed. But Abramoff, by his own admission, used them to evade taxes, enrich himself and bribe public officials, according to a plea agreement he signed with federal prosecutors in January.

"One of the most disturbing elements of this whole sordid story is the blatant misuse of charities in a scheme to peddle political influence," said Mark Everson, commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-charities11feb11,0,5568579.story?coll=la-home-headlines

[blm]

1. Exactly - the money was dirty when Abramoff used it for bribes.

.The other money he received was illegal because it was SCAMMED.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

6. recommended and

:kick:

[Botany]

2. And don't forget who M.C.ed at least one fund raiser for ......

..... the "youth athletic foundation," that Abramoff was using to launder money.
I wonder how much he was paid?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

11. I twought I saw a Tweety boyd. n/t

[Independent_Liberal]

3. This is going to go down in history as one of the biggest political

scandals of all time. The Abramoff Affair: The Scandal That Destroyed the GOP. It's going to be right up there with Watergate, Iran-Contra, BCCI and the Savings and Loan Scandal.

[ClassWarrior]

4. .

[ClassWarrior]

5. Ignore the shiny keys...

The Cheney thing's a distraction.

NGU.

[ClassWarrior]

7. This is money he STOLE from his clients. They're his VICTIMS.

It was an ILLEGAL cash pipeline to the Party of Bush** & Nixon.

NGU.

[blm]

9. Keep saying it till it sinks in, patriot.

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[ClassWarrior]

8. I'm sure the ADD children of the Radical RW would rather we...

...tell endless hunting jokes and bicker about whether the Progressive running for Senate in Ohio is Progressive enough - but those are DISTRACTIONS.

Let's not forget that the RepubliCON Party is a pack of power-mad criminals.

NGU.

[kentuck]

10. Was the "youth athletic foundation" the one Chris Matthews was involved...

with? Seems I read that somewhere??